Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rules The Guardian - UK · Aug 18
Cutting health benefits for young people could push thousands into poverty, charities warn Dozens of charities have urged ministers to focus on support and opportunity instead of ‘the failed punitive approaches of the past’ The Independent UK · Aug 18
‘Everything’s so expensive I can’t even take my child to the seaside this summer’ Tackle the cost of living crisis for children, incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is told The Independent UK · Jul 13
More children are living in poverty despite both parents working, study shows Around three-quarters of children in poverty in the UK live in working households, new research has found The Independent UK · May 18
Kate donates ‘Catherine’s Rose’ to prison’s mother and baby unit The princess visited HMP Styal in Cheshire last February in her role as patron of Action for Children. Evening Standard · Feb 12
Anna Maxwell Martin stars in festive film to raise money for children in poverty The actress is an ambassador for the charity Action For Children. Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025
Actor Brian Cox asks Government to act on poverty after living ‘brutal reality’ The Succession actor has backed Action For Children’s call for the Government to lift more than one million children out of poverty. Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025
Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 600,000 children out of poverty in five years, analysis finds Lifting two-child benefit cap ‘single most cost-effective policy’ for government, charity finds The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025
Why Princess Kate Was Shouted at by Inmates During Prison Visit The Princess of Wales visited HMP Styal to learn more about its program for new and expectant mothers. Marie Claire · Feb 12, 2025
MoJ apologises to woman subjected to racism in prison mother and baby unit The woman, who is black, was told to go back to her country, while her baby boy was referred to as a ‘monkey’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025
Princess of Wales ‘wolf whistled’ by prisoners on women’s prison visit The Princess of Wales made the promotion of early years development of children one of the key elements of her public work. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
Princess Kate Brings Back a Familiar Blazé Milano Coat After Palace's Rare Comment on Her Style The Princess of Wales wore the same outfit during a hospital visit last month. Marie Claire · Feb 11, 2025
Child poverty to fall in Scotland but rise in rest of UK, major report projects SCOTLAND will be the only part of the UK to see child poverty rates fall over the next four years, a major new report has found ... The National (Scotland) · Jan 29, 2025
75% of young people ‘fear money worries will mean anxious family Christmas’ More than a third of children and young adults think their family will be worse off financially this Christmas compared with 2023, a charity said. Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024 ‘Waiting for NHS care and lack of suitable jobs among parents’ barriers to work’ Action for Children said its research showed the ‘enormous effort’ required by employers, the NHS and Government to help people back to work.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024 Keir Starmer aims to avoid backbench rebellion with child poverty taskforce PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap
GoodToKnow · Jan 26, 2024 Can you spot the signs of parental burnout? A parenting coach shares 7 symptoms and ideas on how you can cope with it Parental burnout is not uncommon, but it can feel hard to overcome. One expert has shared her top tips...
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023 Charlotte Church surprises young carers’ choir as new coach before gala event Every member of Action for Children’s 12-strong choir from Wales are young cares for a relative.
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Number of lone child asylum seekers in England rises by almost a third in a year Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are separated from both parents or any other responsible adult.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023 Jeremy Hunt urged not to use sharp fall in inflation to squeeze benefits Charities say it would be indefensible to raise working age benefits in line with CPI figure for October instead of September
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023 ‘Cost of children crisis’: UK parents on coping with half-term on a shoestring As food and heating costs rise with children at home, compromises range from washing less to cancelling holidays
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023 Number of children living in extreme poverty nearly triples in five years One million children were living in extreme poverty in 2022, according to estimates by a research charity
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023 Children refusing to go to school a big issue for parents, says charity Parents and carers struggling with the issue of school refusal said Covid-19 lockdowns had an impact on their children, Action For Children found.
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023 Families with children most likely to suffer cost-of-living hardship – study The Chancellor has been called on to address a ‘cost-of-children crisis’ in the forthcoming autumn statement as research highlights family struggles.
The National (Scotland) · Sep 14, 2023 Scotland's approach to child poverty scores major praise from Northern Ireland A CHILDREN’S charity manager in Northern Ireland has called for the country to follow in Scotland’s footsteps and introduce policy emulating the…